June 20, 2014
South Burnett Regional Council received a Silver Award at the Australasian Reporting Awards Presentation held in Sydney last night.
This is Council’s first silver after winning bronze for the past five years.
“The 2012/13 Annual Report is an open and detailed account of Council’s operations for the year,” Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said.
“The award recognises Council’s transparency and accountability in reporting back to our community on our operations, financial position and achievements for that year.”
The Australasian Reporting Awards are regarded as the most prestigious reporting benchmark in Australia and New Zealand.
The awards were introduced 63 years ago as a means of improving accountability for, and public communication about, the activities of public, government and not-for-profit organisations.
SBRC CEO Ken McLoughlin said the work that went into producing an Annual Report and then presenting it in a modern format was testimony to the commitment and talent of Council’s Governance team.
“Kerrie Le Du and (former Governance Manager) Sharon Frank deserve most of the praise for winning this award,” Mr McLoughlin said.
“SBRC has been the recipient of several awards over the past 12 months.
“It is hard for a regional council to compete with the bigger councils but SBRC has proven it can be done.”
Copies of the Annual Report are available to read at Council libraries or can be downloaded from Council’s website
